Mt. Head
{{short description|2002 film by Kōji Yamamura}}
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| director = Koji Yamamura
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| writer = Shōji Yonemura
| based_on = Rakugo "頭山"
| starring = Takeharo Kunimoto
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| studio = Yamamura Animation
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| released = {{Film date|2002}}
| runtime = 10 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
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{{nihongo|Mt. Head|頭山|Atamayama|lead=yes}} is a 2002 anime short film. It was nominated at the 75th Academy Awards in the category of Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2003 |title=The 75th Academy Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=April 11, 2016|work=oscars.org|date=5 October 2014 }}[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAVUzeJijiM Short Film Oscar Winners® in 2003-Oscars on YouTube]
Plot
It is based on Japanese rakugo of the same title, with a slightly modernized setting.{{Cite web |url=https://www.geidai.ac.jp/container/column/closeup_003 |date=2019-06-13 |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=Tokyo University of the Arts |last=三浦 |first=一紀 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520064901/https://www.geidai.ac.jp/container/column/closeup_003 |archive-date=2024-05-20 |url-status=live |series=クローズアップ藝大 |at=「頭山」,「あたま山」 |language=ja |script-title=ja:第三回 山村浩二 大学院映像研究科アニメーション専攻教授 |trans-title=3: Professor Kōji Yamamura}} A stingy man eats the pits of some cherries, causing a tree to grow on top of his head. When crowds start converging and partying on his head, being noisy, he gets annoyed and uproots the tree. Rainwater pours in the hole, creating a lake. After that, a lot of swimmers converge on this lake, and his head is too noisy again. Enraged, the man commits suicide by throwing himself into the lake on his own head.[https://www.animationshowofshows.com/collections/films/products/mt-head-by-koji-yamamura Animation Show of Shows]
Plot of the original ''rakugo'' version
The original differs in that he ate just one cherry with its pit, and instead of swimmers, a lot of anglers converge on his lake and fish hooks are hooked to the man's eyelid and nose.{{Cite web |url=https://www.mumbai.in.emb-japan.go.jp/jp/kouhoubunka/event/2011/20111113/20111113.html |title= |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=Consulate General of Japan in Mumbai |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204120558/https://www.mumbai.in.emb-japan.go.jp/jp/kouhoubunka/event/2011/20111113/20111113.html |archive-date=2013-02-04 |url-status=live |at=「あたま山」 |language=ja |script-title=ja:"英語落語公演"の開催について |trans-title=Announcement of English rakugo performances (During November, 2011)}}
- [https://www.mumbai.in.emb-japan.go.jp/en/culture_education/event/2011/20111113/20111113.html English version of the announcement] (but without plot summaries)
See also
References
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External links
- The animation
- {{cite AV media | author=Koji Yamamura |author-link=Koji Yamamura | title=Mt. Head| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NMLiFcC91s| website=YouTube | access-date = 8 November 2019}}
- {{IMDb title|id=0351382|title=Atama-yama}} (Mt. Head)
- The rakugo
- {{cite serial
| first1=Shinoharu
| last1=Tatekawa
| date =19 March 2018
| title =Vol.49 Atama Yama
| series=Rakugo - Japanese traditional style comedy (FM radio broadcast)
| number=49
| language =English
| url =https://podcasts.tfm.co.jp/podcasts/tokyo/rakugo/rakugo_en_20180319.mp3
| access-date =11 November 2019
| format =mp3
| network=Tokyo FM
| publication-place=Japan}} ([https://www.tfm.co.jp/podcasts/rakugo_en/detail.php?id=23785 Series entry page])